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Last Race: Portland Maine Half Marathon October 5 2014
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if you want to make absolutely certain that the distance of the race your are running is correct, make sure it is a USATF certified course.
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
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I wonder how a typical low-budget local 5K measures a course? Do they use google maps, or is the course measured more precisely somehow?
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On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
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It is, in fact, possible to measure a course correctly without garnering USATF certification.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
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He who has the best time wins. Jerry
USATF allows courses to be long.
It is, in fact, possible to measure a course correctly without garnering USATF certification
But if you want to be sure about it, my experience this past weekend suggests one should either running a well established 5K that you know is correct...